What is the Galena Plan for Curriculum & Assessment?
At meetings last spring, the board, staff, community and administration of Galena City School District determined to go forward with a curriculum development plan which would be both high quality educationally and deal the the “real politik” of Alaska. The plan is that the district would develop a curriculum which would include the best ideas provided through the national and state frameworks, and practically include as a core the instructional objectives of the standardized tests by which the district will be held accountable at the state level. During the academic year FY99 the Galena Schools developed a three part curriculum and assessment system which addresses the current state and federal requirement. It consists of sets of curriculum documents in each of four core academic areas: Language Arts & Reading, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. Each subject area curriculum (Language, Math, etc.) will comprise the following for each grade level or course (Grade 1 or Algebra):Cur
